Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 1.189
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1.189.1
एवमुक्त्वा ततस्तूर्णं जगामोर्ध्वमनिन्दिता ।
तपतीतपतीत्येव विललापातुरो नृपः ॥ १.१८९.१ ॥
Having said this, the blameless one quickly went upward. The distressed king lamented, saying only, "Tapatī, Tapatī."
1.189.2
प्रास्स्वलच्चासकृद्राजा पुनरुत्थाय धावति ।
धावमानस्तु तपतीमदृष्ट्वैव महीपतिः।
स तु राजा पुनर्भूमौ तत्रैव निपपात ह ॥ १.१८९.२ ॥
The king stumbled again and again, rose once more and ran. But not seeing Tapatī, the lord of the earth, while running, fell again upon the ground right there.
1.189.3
अन्वेषमाणः सबलस्तं राजानं नृपोत्तमम् ।
अमात्यः सानुयात्रश्च तं ददर्श महावने ॥ १.१८९.३ ॥
Searching with his army, the minister, together with his retinue, found that best of kings in the great forest.
1.189.4
क्षितौ निपतितं काले शक्रध्वजमिवोच्छ्रितम् ।
त हि दृष्ट्वा महेष्वासं निरस्तं पतितं भुवि ॥ १.१८९.४ ॥
He saw that great archer fallen upon the earth, like a tall banner of Śakra thrown down.
1.189.5
बभूव सोऽस्य सचिवः संप्रदीप्त इवाग्निना ।
त्वरया चोपसङ्गम्य स्नेहादागतसंभ्रमः ॥ १.१८९.५ ॥
That minister of his became as if set ablaze by fire; out of affection, hastily approaching him, he was overcome with agitation.
1.189.6
तं समुत्थापयामास नृपतिं काममोहितम् ।
भूतलाद्भूमिपालेशं पितेव पतितं सुतम् ॥ १.१८९.६ ॥
He raised up that king, bewildered by desire, from the ground, as a father raises up a fallen son.
1.189.7
प्रज्ञया वयसा चैव वृद्धः कीर्त्या नयेन च ।
अमात्यस्तं समुत्थाप्य बभूव विगतज्वरः ॥ १.१८९.७ ॥
Elder in wisdom, age, fame and policy, the minister raised him up, and the king was free of his distress.
1.189.8
उवाच चैनं कल्याण्या वाचा मधुरयोत्थिम् ।
मा भैर्मनुजशार्दूल भद्रमस्तु तवानघ ॥ १.१८९.८ ॥
He spoke to the risen king in a sweet and auspicious voice: 'Do not fear, tiger among men. May good fortune be yours, sinless one.'
1.189.9
क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्तं तर्कयामास वै नृपम् ।
पतितं पातनं सङ्ख्ये शात्रवाणां महीतले ॥ १.१८९.९ ॥
He judged that the king, exhausted by hunger and thirst, had been struck down by enemies in battle and lay fallen upon the earth.
1.189.10
वारिणा च सुशीतेन शिरस्तस्याभ्यषेचयत् ।
अस्पृशन्मुकुटं राज्ञः पुण्डरीकसुगन्धिना ॥ १.१८९.१० ॥
With very cool water he sprinkled the king's head, taking care not to touch the king's crown, using water fragrant as a lotus.
1.189.11
ततः प्रत्यागतप्राणस्तद्बलं बलवान्नृपः ।
सर्वं विसर्जयामास तमेकं सचिवं विना ॥ १.१८९.११ ॥
Then, his life restored, the mighty king dismissed his whole army, all except one minister.
1.189.12
ततस्तस्याज्ञया राज्ञो विप्रतस्थे महद्बलम् ।
स तु राजा गिरिप्रस्थे तस्मिन्पुनरुपाविशत् ॥ १.१८९.१२ ॥
Then, at the king's command, the great army departed, and the king sat down again there upon the mountain plateau.
1.189.13
ततस्तस्मिन् गिरिवरे शुचिर्भूत्वा कृताञ्जलिः ।
आरिराधयिषुः सूर्यं तस्थावूर्ध्वमुखः क्षितौ ॥ १.१८९.१३ ॥
Then on that best of mountains, purified and with palms joined, desiring to propitiate the sun, he stood upon the ground with face upturned.
1.189.14
जगाम मनसा चैव वसिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम् ।
पुरोहितममित्रघ्नं तदा संवरणो नृपः ॥ १.१८९.१४ ॥
Then King Saṃvaraṇa, in his mind, went to Vasiṣṭha, the best of sages, his household priest, the destroyer of enemies.
1.189.15
नक्तन्दिनमथैकत्र स्थिते तस्मिञ्जनाधिपे ।
अथाजगाम विप्रर्षिस्तदा द्वादशमेऽहनि ॥ १.१८९.१५ ॥
While the king stood there in one place through night and day, on the twelfth day that brahmin sage arrived.
1.189.16
स विदित्वैव नृपतिं तपत्या हृतमानसम् ।
दिव्येन विधिना ज्ञात्वा भावितात्मा महानृपिः ॥ १.१८९.१६ ॥
That great sage, knowing the king's mind had been seized by Tapatī, perceived it by divine means, and the self-controlled seer understood all.
1.189.17
तथा तु नियतात्मानं तं नृपं मुनिसत्तमः ।
आबभाषे स धर्मात्मा तस्यैवार्थचिकीर्षया ॥ १.१८९.१७ ॥
Then the righteous best of sages addressed that self-restrained king, desiring to accomplish his very aim.
1.189.18
स तस्य मनुजेन्द्रस्य पश्यतो भगवानृषिः ।
ऊर्ध्वमाचक्रमे द्रष्टुं भास्करं भास्करद्युतिः ॥ १.१८९.१८ ॥
As the lord of men watched, that blessed sage, radiant as the sun, rose upward to behold the sun.
1.189.19
योजनानां तु नियुतं क्षणाद्गत्वा तपोधनः ।
सहस्रांशुं ततो विप्रः कृताञ्जलिरुपस्थितः।
वसिष्ठोहमिति प्रीत्या स चात्मानं न्यवेदयत् ॥ १.१८९.१९ ॥
The ascetic-rich sage, in an instant, having gone a hundred thousand yojanas, stood before the thousand-rayed one with joined palms and gladly made himself known: "I am Vasiṣṭha."
1.189.20
तमुवाच महातेजा विवस्वान्मुनिसत्तमम् ।
महर्षे स्वागतं तेऽस्तु कथयस्व यथेप्सितम् ॥ १.१८९.२० ॥
The greatly radiant Vivasvān said to that best of sages: "O great seer, welcome to you; tell me what you wish."
1.189.21
यदिच्छसि महाभाग मत्तः प्रवदतां वर ।
तत्ते दद्यामभिप्रेतं यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम् ॥ १.१८९.२१ ॥
"O greatly fortunate one, best of speakers, whatever you desire from me, I shall give you, even if it is most difficult to obtain."
1.189.22
एवमुक्तः स तेनर्षिर्वसिष्ठः संस्तुवन्गिरा ।
प्रणिपत्य विवस्वन्तं भानुमन्तमथाब्रवीत् ॥ १.१८९.२२ ॥
Thus addressed by him, the sage Vasiṣṭha, praising with words, bowed down to Vivasvān and then spoke to the radiant Bhānumān.
1.189.23
योजनानां चतुष्षष्टिं निमेषात्त्रिशतं तथा ।
अश्वैर्गच्छति नित्यं यस्तत्पार्श्वस्थोऽब्रवीदिदम् ॥ १.१८९.२३ ॥
"He who always travels sixty-four and three hundred yojanas in a single nimeṣa, drawn by horses" — so said one standing by his side.
1.189.24
अजाय लोकत्रयपावनाय ।
भूतात्मने गोपतये वृषाय।
सूर्याय सर्गप्रलयालयाय ।
नमो महाकारुणिकोत्तमाय ॥ १.१८९.२४ ॥
Homage to the unborn, purifier of the three worlds, soul of beings, lord of cows, the bull, the sun, the abode of creation and dissolution, homage to the supremely greatly compassionate one.
1.189.25
विवस्वते ज्ञानभृतेऽन्तरात्मने ।
जगत्प्रदीपाय जगद्धितैषिणे।
स्वयंभुवे दीप्तसहस्रचक्षुषे ।
सुरोत्तमायामिततेजसे नमः ॥ १.१८९.२५ ॥
Homage to Vivasvat, bearer of knowledge, inner self, lamp of the world, seeker of the welfare of the world. Homage to the self-existent one, with a thousand blazing eyes, best of gods, of boundless splendour.
1.189.26
नमः सवित्रे जगदेकचक्षुषे ।
जगत्प्रसूतिस्थितिनाशहेतवे।
त्रयीमयाय त्रिगुणात्मधारिणे ।
विरिञ्चनारायणशङ्करात्मने ॥ १.१८९.२६ ॥
Homage to Savitṛ, the sole eye of the world, cause of the world's creation, preservation and destruction, made of the three Vedas, bearing the three qualities as his own self, whose self is Brahmā, Nārāyaṇa and Śaṅkara.
1.189.27
संस्तुतो वरदः सोऽहं वरं वरय सुव्रत ।
स्तुतिस्त्वयोक्ता भक्तानां जप्येयं वग्दोस्म्यहम् ॥ १.१८९.२७ ॥
Having been praised, I am the giver of boons. Ask a boon, O you of good vows. This praise uttered by you is to be recited by devotees; I am the one who grants boons by word.
1.189.28
यैषा ते तपती नाम सावित्र्यवरजा सुता ।
तां त्वां संवरणस्यार्थे वरयामि विभावसो ॥ १.१८९.२८ ॥
O Vibhāvasu, this daughter of yours, named Tapatī, the younger sister of Sāvitrī, I ask of you for Saṃvaraṇa.
1.189.29
स हि राजा बृहत्कीर्तिर्धर्मार्थविदुदारधीः ।
युक्तः संवरणो भर्ता दुहितुस्ते विहङ्गम ॥ १.१८९.२९ ॥
That king Saṃvaraṇa is of great fame, knower of dharma and artha, of noble intellect. O bird, he is indeed the fitting husband for your daughter.
1.189.30
इत्युक्तः स तदा तेन ददानीत्येव निश्चितः ।
प्रत्यभाषत तं विप्रं प्रतीनन्द्य दिवाकरः ॥ १.१८९.३० ॥
When he had been spoken to thus, the sun resolved, "I will give her," and, greeting that brahmin in return, he replied.
1.189.31
वरः संवरणो राज्ञां त्वमृषीणां वरो मुने ।
तपती योषितां श्रेष्ठा किमन्यत्रापवर्जनात् ॥ १.१८९.३१ ॥
Saṃvaraṇa is the best of kings, and you, O sage, the best of sages. Tapatī is the best of women; what else could one want than this refusal?
1.189.32
ततः सर्वानवद्याङ्गीं तपतीं तपनः स्वयम् ।
ददौ संवरणस्यार्थे वसिष्ठाय महात्मने ॥ १.१८९.३२ ॥
Then the Sun himself gave Tapatī, faultless in all her limbs, to the great-souled Vasiṣṭha on behalf of Saṃvaraṇa.
1.189.33
प्रतिजग्राह तां कन्यां महर्षिस्तपतीं तदा ।
वसिष्ठोऽथ विसृष्टस्तु पुनरेवाजगाम ह ॥ १.१८९.३३ ॥
The great sage Vasiṣṭha then accepted that maiden Tapatī; then, having taken his leave, he returned again.
1.189.34
यत्र विख्यातकीर्तिः स कुरूणामृषभोऽभवत् ।
स राजा मन्मथाविष्टस्तद्गतेनान्तरात्मना ॥ १.१८९.३४ ॥
Where that king, of renowned fame and foremost among the Kurus, became seized by love, his inner self wholly fixed on her...
1.189.35
दृष्ट्वा च देवकन्यां तां तपतीं चारुहासिनीम् ।
वसिष्ठेन सहायान्तीं संहृष्टोऽभ्यधिकं बभौ ॥ १.१८९.३५ ॥
And seeing that divine maiden, sweetly smiling Tapatī, coming together with Vasiṣṭha, he was delighted and shone all the more.
1.189.36
रुरुचे साऽधिकं सुभ्रूरापतन्ती नभस्तलात् ।
सौदामनीव विभ्रष्टा द्योतयन्ती दिशस्त्विषा ॥ १.१८९.३६ ॥
That fair-browed maiden, descending from the sky, shone all the more, like lightning fallen from the heavens, lighting up the directions with her radiance.
1.189.37
कृच्छ्राद्द्वादशरात्रे तु तस्य राज्ञः समाहिते ।
आजगाम विशुद्धात्मा वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः ॥ १.१८९.३७ ॥
After twelve nights of hardship, when that king's mind was composed, the venerable sage Vasiṣṭha, pure of soul, came.
1.189.38
तपसाऽऽराध्य वरदं देवं गोपतिमीश्वरम् ।
लेभे संवरणो भार्यां वसिष्ठस्यैव तेजसा ॥ १.१८९.३८ ॥
By penance, having propitiated the boon-giving god, the Lord of cattle, Īśvara, Saṃvaraṇa obtained a wife through the very power of Vasiṣṭha.
1.189.39
ततस्तस्मिन्गिरिश्रेष्ठे देवगन्धर्वसेविते ।
जग्राह विधिवत्पाणिं तपत्याः स नरर्षभः ॥ १.१८९.३९ ॥
Then, on that excellent mountain frequented by gods and gandharvas, that bull among men took Tapatī's hand according to rite.
1.189.40
वसिष्ठेनाभ्यनुज्ञातस्तस्मिन्नेव धराधरे ।
सोऽकामयत राजर्षिर्विहर्तुं सह भार्यया ॥ १.१८९.४० ॥
Permitted by Vasiṣṭha, on that very mountain the royal sage wished to dwell in pleasure with his wife.
1.189.41
ततः पुरे च राष्ट्रे च वनेषूपवनेषु च ।
आदिदेश महीपालस्तमेव सचिवं तदा ॥ १.१८९.४१ ॥
Then the protector of the earth gave orders, in the city, in the realm, in the forests and in the groves, to that same minister.
1.189.42
नृपतिं त्वभ्यनुज्ञाप्य वसिष्ठोऽथापचक्रमे ।
सोऽथ राजा गिरौ तस्मिन्विजहारामरो यथा ॥ १.१८९.४२ ॥
Taking leave of the king, Vasiṣṭha then departed; and the king, on that mountain, dwelt in pleasure like a god.
1.189.43
ततो द्वादशवर्षाणि काननेषु वनेषु च ।
रेमे तस्मिन्गिरौ राजा तयैव सह भार्यया ॥ १.१८९.४३ ॥
Then for twelve years the king delighted on that mountain, in forest groves and woods, together with his wife.
1.189.44
तस्य राज्ञः पुरे तस्मिन्समा द्वादश सत्तम ।
न ववर्ष सहस्राक्षो राष्ट्रे चैवास्य भारत ॥ १.१८९.४४ ॥
O best of the good, for twelve years Sahasrākṣa (Indra) did not rain upon that king's city or upon his realm, O descendant of Bharata.
1.189.45
ततस्तस्यामनावृष्ट्यां प्रवृत्तायामरिन्दम ।
प्रजाः क्षयमुपाजग्मुः सर्वाः सस्थाणुजङ्गमाः ॥ १.१८९.४५ ॥
Then, O subduer of foes, when that drought set in, all creatures, both the immobile and the mobile, came to destruction.
1.189.46
तस्मिंस्तथाविधे काले वर्तमाने सुदारुणे ।
नावश्यायः पपातोर्व्यां ततः सस्यानि नाऽरुहन् ॥ १.१८९.४६ ॥
In such a terrible time, not even dew fell upon the earth, and then the crops did not sprout.
1.189.47
ततो विभ्रान्तमनसो जनाः क्षुद्भपीडिताः ।
गृहाणि संपरित्यज्य बभ्रमुः प्रदिशो दिशः ॥ १.१८९.४७ ॥
Then the people, their minds bewildered and afflicted by hunger and thirst, abandoned their houses and wandered through all the quarters and directions.
1.189.48
ततस्तस्मिन्पुरे राष्ट्रे त्यक्तदारपरिग्रहाः ।
परस्परममर्यादाः क्षुधार्ता जघ्निरे जनाः ॥ १.१८९.४८ ॥
Then in that city and realm, abandoning wives and possessions and losing all restraint, the people tormented by hunger struck one another down.
1.189.49
तत्क्षुधार्तैर्निरानन्दैः शवभूतैस्तथा नरैः ।
अभवत्प्रेतराजस्य पुरं प्रेतैरिवावृतम् ॥ १.१८९.४९ ॥
Tormented by hunger, joyless, and become like corpses, the men made that city like the city of the lord of the dead, as if surrounded by ghosts.
1.189.50
ततस्तत्तादृशं दृष्ट्वा स एव भगवानृषिः ।
अभ्याद्रवत धर्मात्मा वसिष्ठो मुनिसत्तमः ॥ १.१८९.५० ॥
Then, seeing such a state, that very venerable sage, the righteous-souled Vasiṣṭha, best of sages, hastened toward them.
1.189.51
तं च पार्थिवशार्दूलमानयामास तत्पुरम् ।
तपत्या सहितं राजन्वर्षे द्वादशमे गते।
ततः प्रवृष्टस्तत्रासीद्यथापूर्वं सुरारिहा ॥ १.१८९.५१ ॥
He brought that tiger among kings back to the city together with Tapatī, O king, when twelve years had passed. Then rain fell there as before, the slayer of the enemies of the gods.
1.189.52
तस्मिन्नृपतिशार्दूले प्रविष्टे नगरं पुनः ।
प्रववर्ष सहस्राक्षः सस्यानि जनयन्प्रभुः ॥ १.१८९.५२ ॥
When that tiger among kings had entered the city again, the thousand-eyed lord rained once more and made the crops grow.
1.189.53
ततः सराष्ट्रं मुमुदे तत्पुरं परया मुदा ।
तेन पार्थिवमुख्येन भावितं भावितात्मना ॥ १.१८९.५३ ॥
Then that city, together with the realm, rejoiced with great delight; made prosperous by that foremost of kings, who was pure-souled.
1.189.54
ततो द्वादश वर्षाणि पुनरीजे नराधिपः ।
तपत्या सहितः पत्न्या यथा शच्या मरुत्पतिः ॥ १.१८९.५४ ॥
Then for twelve years again that lord of men sacrificed, together with Tapatī and his wife, as Indra, lord of the Maruts, does with Śacī.
1.189.55
एवमासीन्महाभागा तपती नाम पौर्विकी ।
तव वैवस्वती पार्थ तापत्यस्त्वं यया मतः ॥ १.१८९.५५ ॥
Thus there was the greatly fortunate Tapatī, a Paurava maiden. O Pārtha, she was the daughter of Vaivasvata (the Sun), and through her you are regarded as a Tāpatya, a descendant of Tapatī.
1.189.56
तस्यां संजनयामास कुरुं संवरणो नृपः ।
तपत्यां तपतां श्रेष्ठ तापत्यस्त्वं ततोऽर्जुन ॥ १.१८९.५६ ॥
By her, King Saṃvaraṇa begot Kuru. O best of those who burn, Arjuna, therefore you are a Tāpatya.